Related Words for desertification

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Word	Syllables	Categories
salinization	xxx/x	Noun, Noun
overgrazing	/xxx	Noun
deforestation	xxx/x	Noun
aridity	x/xx	Noun
afforestation	xxx/x	Noun
droughts	/	Noun
desiccation	xx/x	Noun
desert	/x	Noun
erosion	x/x	Noun
overpopulation	xxxx/x	Noun
overexploitation	xxxx/x	Noun
eutrophication	/xx/x	Noun
evaporation	xxx/x	Noun
subsidence	x/x	Noun
encroachment	x/x	Noun
extinction	x/x	Noun
dehydration	xx/x	Noun
urbanization	xxx/x	Noun
degradation	xx/x	Noun
deterioration	x/xxxx	Noun
dryness	/x	Noun
barrenness	/xx	Noun
acidification	xxxx/x	Noun
intensification	xxxx/x	Noun
starvation	x/x	Noun
semiarid	xx/x	Noun
vegetation	xx/x	Noun
overfishing	/xxx	Noun
marginalization	xxxx/x	Noun
famine	/x	Noun
urbanisation	/xx/x	Noun
exacerbation	xxx/x	Noun
rangelands	/x	Noun
malnutrition	xx/x	Noun
depletion	x/x	Noun
disintegration	xxx/x	Noun
pollution	x/x	Noun
dispossession	xx/x	Noun
worsening	/xx	Verb
steppes	/	Noun
disease	x/	Noun
desolation	xx/x	Noun
devastation	xx/x	Noun
destabilization	xxxx/x	Noun
revegetation	xxx/x	Noun
reforestation	xxx/x	Noun
endangerment	x/xx	Noun
climate	/x	Noun
biodiversity	xxx/xx	Noun
greening	/x	Noun
wastelands	/x	Noun
thinning	/x	Noun
grassland	/x	Noun
depopulation	xxx/x	Noun
eradication	xxx/x	Noun
wildfires	/xx	Noun
degeneration	xxx/x	Noun
transpiration	xx/x	Noun
destruction	x/x	Noun
nomadism	/xxx	Noun
undernutrition	xxx/x	Noun
stagnation	x/x	Noun
irreversible	xx/xx	Adjective
reclamation	xx/x	Noun
gentrification	xxx/x	Noun
dryland	/x	Noun
glaciation	xx/x	Noun
amelioration	xxx/x	Noun
catastrophe	x/xx	Noun
sahel	xx	Name
desertion	x/x	Noun
denudation	x//x	Noun
withering	/xx	Noun
desalination	xxx/x	Noun
landscaping	/xx	Noun
gardening	/xx	Noun
regionalization	/xxx/x	Noun
irrigation	xx/x	Noun
combating	x/x	Verb
anthropogenic	xxx/x	Adjective
warming	/x	Noun
atlas	/x	Noun
halting	/x	Verb
accelerating	x/xxx	Verb
sahara	x/x	Name
reversing	x/x	Verb
convention	x/x	Noun
eventual	x/xx	Adjective
widespread	//	Adjective
global	/x	Adjective
creeping	/x	Verb
threatens	/x	Verb
severe	x/	Adjective
moderate	/xx	Adjective
conference	/xx	Noun
monitoring	/xxx	Verb
progressive	x/x	Adjective
rapid	/x	Adjective
floods	/	Noun
affected	x/x	Verb
fight	/	Noun
causes	/x	Noun
indicators	/xxx	Noun
undergoing	xx/x	Verb
spreading	/x	Verb
advancing	x/x	Verb
contributing	x/xx	Verb
due	/	Adjective
preventing	x/x	Verb
mapping	/x	Noun
extensive	x/x	Adjective
controlling	x/x	Verb
further	/x	Adjective
suffering	/xx	Verb
threat	/	Noun
increasing	x/x	Verb
implementation	xxx/x	Noun
zones	/	Noun
process	/x	Noun
africa	/xx	Name
abandonment	x/xx	Noun
attrition	x/x	Noun, Verb
commercialization	xxxx/x	Noun
commodification	x/xx/x	Noun
disinvestment	xx/x	Noun
diversification	xxxx/x	Noun
feminization	/xx/x	Noun
impoverishment	x/xx	Noun
internationalization	xxxxxx/x	Noun
militarization	/xxx/x	Noun
sand	/	Noun, Adjective, Verb
slowdown	/x	Noun
idiomatic	xxx/x	Adjective, Noun
expression	x/x	Noun
collocation	xx/x	Noun
tell	/	Verb, Noun
gloss	/	Noun, Verb
daylight	/x	Noun, Verb
chunk	/	Noun, Verb
die	/	Verb, Noun
cluster	/x	Noun, Verb
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb
literally	/xxx	Adverb
vernacular	x/xx	Noun, Adjective
backwater	/xx	Noun, Verb
bulletproof	/xx	Adjective, Verb
standard	/x	Adjective, Noun
stovepipe	/x	Noun, Verb
headlines	/x	Noun
dialect	/xx	Noun
save	/	Verb, Noun
stonewall	/x	Name, Verb, Adjective